Subtitle of t. 2 varies slightly: "... sistens species nuper detectas, adiectis synonymis, observationibus, descriptionibus, emendationibus."

Collation of each tome: t. 1, xx, 348 p.; t. 2, [2], 382 p

Errors in paging: in t. 1, p. 246 is misnumbered as 146; in t. 2, p. 118-119 are misnumbered as 116-117

Vignette on t.p.'s

Head-piece; side-notes

Includes bibliographical references

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SCNHRB has 2 copies. In t. 1 of both copies, p. xvii-xviii are bound between p. 340 and 341, and p. xix-xx are bound between p. 344 and 345; it has not been determined whether this is a typical arrangement of pages in other copies of this edition

SCNHRB c. 1 (t. 1, 39088013955190; t. 2, 39088013953112) has stamps: Div. Ins. U.S. Natl. Mus.; t. 2 has two partly-illegible stamps on t.p. ("Vend. ex libr. dupl. ... Acad."; "Biblioth. Acad. Imp. ..."); blind-stamp: Smithsonian Institution National Museum; accession no. (both tomes): 152262. There are a few brief ms. annotations in t. 2

SCNHRB c. 1 has a modern brown half-leather binding with marbled paper boards, gilt-tooled spine, and marbled endpapers; the edges of the leaves are trimmed

SCNHRB c. 2 (t. 1, 39088013953203; t. 2, 39088013955034) has the autograph of a former owner in ms. ink: E.A. Schwarz; with stamps on t.p.: E.A. Schwarz, U.S. Nat. Museum, recd. Jan. 1927 from Bela Hubbard; Div. Ins. U.S. Natl. Mus.; with a few brief ms. annotations throughout

SCNHRB c. 2 has a modern brown half-leather binding with marbled paper boards, gilt-tooled spine, and marbled endpapers; the edges of the leaves are untrimmed

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